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Middlesbrough recruits 50 new staff

A ‘courageous’ Teeside college is braving economic storms to recruit more staff and invest heavily in new buildings. Eleanor...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Vision for adult learning across the EU

After a cautious start, David Hughes now has bags of enthusiasm for the European Agenda for Adult Learning. He...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

Making it personal

The increased freedoms and flexibilities that study programmes will allow are to be welcomed, says Dean O’Donoghue. But how...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Opinion

A source of challenge to sound leadership

Good governance is about far more than a checklist: it is about supporting and developing an institution to enhance...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Profiles

Deirdre Hughes, chair, National Careers Council

It’s the mid-1970s. You’re a pupil in Northern Ireland, at the height of the Troubles, nervous about the careers...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Response to careers guidance ‘disappoints’

The Association of Colleges is “disappointed” by the government’s response to the education select committee’s report on careers advice...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
News

Fears eased on funding

The Association for Employment and Learning Providers has secured access to extra funding for independent providers whose allocations have...

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FE Week Reporter
News

Questions remain on Tech Bacc

Government plans for a Technical Baccalaureate (Tech Bacc) have received a lukewarm welcome from the FE sector, amid questions...

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FE Week Reporter
News

‘I had my medal when I heard the noise’

As Elaine Battson collected her bag after a successful Boston Marathon, she thought the explosions she heard were fireworks...

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FE Week Reporter